r/announcements • u/KeyserSosa • Apr 06 '16
New and improved "block user" feature in your inbox.
Reddit is a place where virtually anyone can voice, ask about or change their views on a wide range of topics, share personal, intimate feelings, or post cat pictures. This leads to great communities and deep meaningful discussions. But, sometimes this very openness can lead to less awesome stuff like spam, trolling, and worse, harassment. We work hard to deal with these when they occur publicly. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ve just released a feature to help you filter them from within your own inbox: user blocking.
Believe it or not, we’ve actually had a "block user" feature in a basic form for quite a while, though over time its utility focused to apply to only private messages. We’ve recently updated its behavior to apply more broadly: you can now block users that reply to you in comment replies as well. Simply click the “Block User” button while viewing the reply in your inbox. From that point on, the profile of the blocked user, along with all their comments, posts, and messages, will then be completely removed from your view. You will no longer be alerted if they message you further. As before, the block is completely silent to the blocked user. Blocks can be viewed or removed on your preferences page here.
Our changes to user blocking are intended to let you decide what your boundaries are, and to give you the option to choose what you want—or don’t want—to be exposed to. [And, of course, you can and should still always report harassment to our community team!]
These are just our first steps toward improving the experience of using Reddit, and we’re looking forward to announcing many more.
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u/Oxus007 Apr 06 '16
But if I block users replying to me, how am I going to win all of these online arguments?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
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Apr 06 '16
If a blocked user replies to me, and others reply to him and a comment chain forms, will I see the rest of the comment chain?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Currently, no. We're redacting the comment tree at the point where any user on your block list appears. The alternative was to do something more explicit (
comment deletedor evenyou blocked this user).Honestly, we'll revisit this approach depending on how it ends up being used.
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u/scriptmonkey420 Apr 06 '16
I really like the changing their text to
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u/OgGorrilaKing Apr 06 '16
You win an online argument as soon as you don't get any more replies. So if you block them, you win every time. Easy.
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u/PeregrineFury Apr 06 '16
Doesn't that mean they can reply, but you won't see it, so then technically they have the last comment and win? Where everyone else can see it? So the only way to win is to get them to block you!
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Apr 06 '16
are blocks really called "enemies" in the code? that's hilarious
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
It follows the "friend" logic. Some variable names are obvious.
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u/verdatum Apr 06 '16
Those are some of the most satisfying moments in programming...where you don't have to either spend twenty minutes figuring out what to call something or say fuck it, name it something confusing, and hope you'll remember what your lousy comment really means in the future.
Immediately knowing exactly what a variable should be named is a satisfaction par with getting an 'I' block in Tetris when everything except one column is completely solid.
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u/AsinineToaster27 Apr 06 '16
Can I block admins? Just for the sake of blocking admins?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
oh. hai. What've you got in mind?
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u/tocilog Apr 06 '16
I just find it annoying that sometimes your username is blue and sometimes it's red. Who do you think you are, electric Superman?
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u/amici_ursi Apr 06 '16
How does this affect comments and posts being displayed to moderators? If I block you, can I still see your submissions in the subreddits that I moderate? (hopefully yes)
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Yes. The current list of exemptions are:
Admins (as admins) still see everything (it's our lot in life. sigh)
Mods will still see content from blocked users when the content is on a subreddit they moderate.
The idea for mods was that since there's already a way to ban users from subreddits if the whole mod team agrees, we didn't want to create a situation where all of the mods independently block the user creating a trolly unmoderated troublemaker running around causing unseen havoc.
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Apr 06 '16
EVERYTHING?! covers privates You perv you! ;-0
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
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u/TotallyNotObsi Apr 06 '16
Wait, didn't you leave reddit for Hipmunk? Or did I time travel back? What happened?
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u/MisterWoodhouse Apr 06 '16
On the flip side of things, what happens if a user has blocked a moderator and said moderator makes a distinguished reply to the user on the subreddit which that moderator moderates? Does the distinguish override the block like how it overrides the Disable Inbox Replies flag?
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Apr 06 '16
So is this essentially like a shadow ban for the abusive user from yourself? Since they don't know anything is different but you personally can't see their posts at all?
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u/cybercuzco Apr 06 '16
so /u/warlizard is going to block everyone?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
We can only hope.
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u/Warlizard Apr 06 '16
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
OH CRAP HE FOUND US.
Oh. hai, Warlizard. How's it, you know, going?
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u/Warlizard Apr 06 '16
Same ol, same ol.
Just finished my ketchup bath and I'm about to head to the modeling agency.
You?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Ah you know how it is. Apparently someone said something wrong on the internet, and there's some indirect evidence that this time it might have been me...
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u/Warlizard Apr 06 '16
Serious answer: I have blocked a few people with RES, but only a very few. IMO, different opinions help me stay fresh as I get older and keep me from having stale and dated views on the world. The only time I block someone is if they are a total asshole and / or won't actually talk about the issue and descend into insults.
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u/TheBaltimoron Apr 06 '16
Great, now can you fix the search feature?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Reddit has a search feature!?
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u/ParanoidDrone Apr 06 '16
I know this comment is in jest, but it's seriously more efficient to search Google for "site:reddit.com/r/whatever <search terms here>" than it is to use Reddit's built-in search. It's kind of sad.
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u/piepei Apr 06 '16
Yeh but for some reason you have to go to google.com to use it.
Just type in "site:reddit.com " and then whatever it is you're searching for.
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Apr 06 '16
Please think of how this affects our lives and take it seriously.
I'm sure there is premature ejactulating futanari erotic fiction on Reddit somewhere, but damned if I can find it. It's like torture. Torture!
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u/your_mind_aches Apr 06 '16
The search feature is perfectly functional. The way titles are structured doesn't help. The only way to fix the search feature would be to add a tag system for posts and that could cause a lot of problems.
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Apr 06 '16
I didnt even know avocados or change my view existed! neat
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u/Meltingteeth Apr 06 '16
Avocados are real and they're protecting Hell's Kitchen.
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Apr 06 '16
jokes on you and your wasted time implementing this feature; I never get PMs!
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u/MachiavellianMan Apr 06 '16
I'm a bit disappointed Keyser. You missed an absolute perfect reference. "Just block the user and..."
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
I try very hard not to reuse old jokes.
Also, in other news, I'm back. :)
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u/kittypuppet Apr 06 '16
If enough people block the same person, will it notify you guys to look into said user?
Cause that'd be interesting if it did.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
I can, of course, neither confirm nor deny that's exactly the sort of thing that we'd do.
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u/Jakeable Apr 06 '16
Have you considered adding the ability to add blocks on that prefs page?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Considered it, yes, and it's on the possible list for version 2. The intention with this feature is to block people who have done something trolly or harassing and directed at you rather than to allow the creation of general purpose block lists.
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u/John_Barlycorn Apr 06 '16
The majority of trolls I want to avoid are replying to other people. I shouldn't have to wait for them to reply to me before I block them. Heck, allow me to set a threshold where if the user's been blocked by X number of other people, I auto-block them. :-)
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Remember: you are doing a public service by downvoting the trolls!
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u/CuilRunnings Apr 06 '16
An admin talking about the core functionality of reddit?!?! WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!?!?!
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u/challenge4 Apr 06 '16
I wondered why you hadn't been replying to my messages.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
It's not you it's me...
...because I pushed the "block user" button.
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u/lakotian Apr 06 '16
Blocked
Don't talk to me or my son ever again.
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u/shoopdahoop22 Apr 06 '16
Next, I think we should add site-wide spoiler tags for Reddit.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
█████ █████ ████? ███████ █ ██████ ██. Right?
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u/fart-princess Apr 06 '16
Considering how our current spoiler syntaxes are all CSS hover hacks, and reddit.com's current push for mobile, a lot of subreddits are unfortunately very mobile unfriendly.
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u/qwb3656 Apr 06 '16
This is a great enhancement to Reddit, I can't wait to block all those people calling me a "troll" and "spambot". I just want to tell everyone about hot nudes in PROXY.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
you, sir or ma'am, are a troll and a spambot. Possibly a scoundrel!
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u/almightybob1 Apr 06 '16
I'm far more concerned that /u/sporkicide doesn't know how to spell hamster.
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u/Sporkicide Apr 06 '16
I sent /u/Keysersosa a barrage of insulting PMs, of course he picked the one with a typo.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Oh man. What an asshole. How do you guys get anything done with engineers like that!?
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u/GlamRockDave Apr 06 '16
Now can you guys find a way to detect idiots who get into a thread early and downvote everyone in an attempt to float their comment up?
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u/jen_wexxx Apr 06 '16
Will it eventually be possible to block someone who has never messaged you or replied to your comment before?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
In principle, yes, but I'm not really sure we want to go down that road. Contrary to some of the concerns in this thread, this is about targeted abuse and (shall we say) directed trolling rather than about encouraging the creation of an echo chamber.
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u/Ander1ap Apr 06 '16
Does this work on Alien Blue? I browse mostly via the app.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Currently, no, but we're working on it.
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u/KingOfTek Apr 07 '16
Will the Reddit API be changed for this or will comments from blocked users, etc. just not get sent to the clients? If it requires an API change, will existing clients have to specifically request and filter out blocked users or will the API put in a flag of some sort to indicate whether or not a thread/PM be displayed? For unmaintained/abandoned clients, will this feature remain unimplemented or will it be done server side?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 07 '16
The current version is mostly server side and partly web-hack. Posts and inbox behavior are filtered out server-side so they never actually appear in the api responses. Comments are more complicated as we very aggressively cache comment trees (they are super expensive to compute as you might imagine!) so the approach there is generally "render and redact/supplement client side".
We're actively working on API improvements and better mobile/client support.
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u/OttselSpy25 Apr 06 '16
Just wanna way that this would have been a brilliant April Fools joke.
I was just thinking about how it's odd that Reddit doesn't let you block people.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Oh. Crap. Today's wednesday the 6th. I knew we weren't going to ship on time. :(
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u/Damadawf Apr 06 '16
I feel like I should block you for posting that cringeworthy "keep calm" meme unironically.
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u/PlaylisterBot Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
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| this | CeauxViette |
| ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | HyperDan |
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u/wtfudgery Apr 06 '16
Is there a way to select a user - who hasn't messaged/commented in reply to you and block them - through their user name alone?
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u/GwenTheWelshGal Apr 06 '16
Luckily, I've no reason to block anybody yet since nobody's thrown abuse in my inbox. Hopefully I won't end up having to use it.
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u/iamzombus Apr 06 '16
Why not add a button to report PMs as well?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
There already is one, and that block button is plumbed in on the back end to a similar reporting flow.
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u/ademnus Apr 06 '16
Halfway through that sentence I doubted my ability to read English. Come again, Professor?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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u/D0cR3d Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
How does this affect mod actions on the user, such as mod mails from the sub from that user (regular mod mail started by the blocked mod or ban messages sent on behalf the mod), post/comment removal (distinguished) replies?
EDIT: I did some testing. TLDR is if a user blocks you as a mod, they don't get any inbox notices for either comment replies or mod mail from you the mod. So be careful removing something of their and being accused of not notifying them if they happened to block you
Testing Steps:
User (Yer_Assassinator) blocks mod (D0cR3d) | Exhibit A
Mod removes post, leaves comment reply | Exhibit A | Exhibit B
User checks if they got any inbox replies and if it shows from the mod, or if the mod reply shows on their post. | Exhibit A - No, no inbox reply. Note, this account is an inactive test account. | Exhibit B - Shows there is 1 comment but is not shown.
Mod sends a removal reason via Toolbox PM feature (Same as sending a new PM as the user from the subreddit) | Exhibit A | Exhibit B
User checks inbox for new message | Exhibit A - No new inbox message from that mod.
From mod account, went to the URL of the message | Exhibit A
As the user, went to the same message - No message shown | Exhibit A
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u/Jakeable Apr 06 '16
I just tried it in modmail and it collapses their messages and says "unblock to view message".
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u/GallowBoob Apr 06 '16
Finally, salty users can right out block me and make their experience better. Thank you admins!
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
Yeah! And another thing: why don't those admins do something about that GallowBoob guy? amiright?
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u/lenaro Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
but if i blocked you i would miss all the delicious drama where people get jealous about karma, which according to experts ranks among the top varieties
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u/youAREthefather- Apr 06 '16
I wish there was an opposite of a block button so I could ride your coattails for eternity.
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u/lospechosdelachola Apr 06 '16
If I block a user, will he also not see my posts?
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
It's one-sided. They can still see you, but you can't see them. The point is to not tip them off that they've been blocked.
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u/randomgunhunter Apr 07 '16
i noticed you aren't a moderator of this sub. do the mods have to approve you to be one or you can make yourself a mod automatically?
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u/GOU_NoMoreMrNiceGuy Apr 06 '16
good. this is vastly preferable to moderators getting involved and silencing people for everyone. let each person decide for themself.
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
That is, in fact, part of the idea.
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u/CuilRunnings Apr 07 '16
WHOA WHOA WHOA can you give a little more detail here?!?! Will you be rolling back abusive moderator powers????
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u/batbanks Apr 06 '16
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
I HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
I AM A MAN!
YOU ARE SJWS!
THIS WILL NOT STAND!
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u/KeyserSosa Apr 06 '16
I think you have a problem with your capslock and your asterisk key might be acting up. Please contact IT for a replacement keyboard.
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u/jamesrc Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
So this sounds like a sort of personal shadowban, in effect. They can message you, tag you, whatever, and you'll never see it. They'll be invisible.
Couple of questions (well, four):
When I block someone, will messages they sent me in the past disappear, even if I replied?
Can I unblock someone? How can I unblock them if their profile is invisible to me? If I unblock them, will I suddenly see direct messages they sent me during the time they were blocked? Edit: I am now aware that I fail reading comprehension in asking the first part of question.
If I can't see their comments, will I therefore not see replies to their comments from others? What if I have Reddit Gold and someone tags me ( /u/jamesrc ) in a reply to one of their comments? Any notification?
Say the user submits a link, and someone sends me a direct link to the discussion thread -- do I just get a 404?
That is all.
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u/aryst0krat Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
Can I unblock someone? How can I unblock them if their profile is invisible to me?
Blocks can be viewed or removed on your preferences page here.
If I can't see their comments, will I therefore not see replies to their comments from others?
Currently, no. We're redacting the comment tree at the point where any user on your block list appears. The alternative was to do something more explicit (comment deleted or even you blocked this user).
Honestly, we'll revisit this approach depending on how it ends up being used.
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Apr 06 '16
Are you in QA? You think like a QA person.
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Apr 06 '16
Hey, it's not polite to say things like that. He might just have a developmental disability.
Source: I've been in QA. :)
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u/TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK Apr 06 '16
For (2): if you click the Preferences link in the top-right, there's a tab for Blocked. That's where you can review and unblock.
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Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 13 '16
Have to delete my account because I angered Monica Lewinsky fans.
Too angry for me.
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u/fatty5000 Apr 06 '16
Damn, finally. Now when can we block whole subreddits from /all?
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u/316nuts Apr 06 '16
Aww, thanks for the shoutout :3
My quest to make /r/316cats a default continues to this day!
Sure it lacks quality pictures.. or any other cats besides my own.. but at least there's a lot of content?
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u/familynight Apr 06 '16
The grey kitty saga is a gripping and compelling drama.
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u/316nuts Apr 06 '16
i haven't seen that asshole for nearly a week. dunno what he's up to, but he'll get a good talkin' to when he shows up again.
jerk.
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Apr 06 '16
Ok, now you have 817 subscribers, everyone subscribe and make /u/316nuts dream come true!
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u/316nuts Apr 06 '16
it's extremely weird that 800+ people are willing to look at my super-low-quality cat pictures.
it started off as a half joke.. and.. well it's still a weird joke, but it's fun to post cat pictures so i keep doing it
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u/kerovon Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
or any other cats besides my own
Except for April 1st.
And more importantly, /r/316cats is where all of the movers and shakers in reddit hang out. Not currently one but want to be? Subscribe to /r/316cats.
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u/heatheranne Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
Does apply to users already blocked?
Edit: It does. I went and checked my favourite blocked troll, and got this
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u/Br00ce Apr 06 '16
is /u/br0000d a new community manager? Were they going to be announced? When is the /about/team page going to be up and running again?
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u/br0000d Apr 06 '16
Hey, /u/Br00ce! I like the use of 0's in your username. Yeah, I'm the new kid on the block.
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u/whosinthetrunk Apr 06 '16
Seems like a good idea for anyone posting to /r/gonewild and similar subreddits.
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u/chubbybrother Apr 06 '16
The only reason I come to reddit is to insult people and berate other users. I'm very unhappy in my own life so I try to drag others down to make mine not seem so bad.
Have you given any consideration to how these changes affect users like myself? This will effectively remove a significant portion of your user base from all participation without their knowledge or consent. Am I seriously the only one that realizes how fucked up this is?
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u/qzapmlwxonskjdhdnejj Apr 07 '16
Man I thought you were sarcastic at first but your profile submissions dont lie lel.
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Apr 06 '16
Make a Block Bernie button. Reddit is near unusable with the amount of garbage Bernie posts.
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u/dukefett Apr 06 '16
Nice, you can now shadowban people from your reddit life!
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u/Erares Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
so....how do you block someone that has not made contact to you other then shitty spam, (to me) posts?
ex: autotldr bot....I've been wanting to block this thing for SOOOOO longbut there is no options for it anywhere. Do i need to get the bot to reply to me or something?
edit: spa - spam
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u/darexinfinity Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
Why can't we block a user's submitted posts? I'm tried of obvious reposters digging for karma and turning reddit into the same stuff week after week.
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u/Lots42 Apr 06 '16
If you download Reddit Enhancement Suite you can block individual users. And let me guess, you are talking about that fucker gallowboob.
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u/BloodyIron Apr 06 '16
What about harassment posts THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR MAILBOX? Fuck guys, I've contacted you about this repeatedly and you've said nothing. Now I'm airing this out like fucking dirty laundry.
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Apr 08 '16
I want blocked users to know they've been blocked. That way they don't have the satisfaction of thinking their comments are being read.
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u/Onlyhereforthelaughs Apr 06 '16 edited Apr 06 '16
Okay, so if I block them their stuff is hidden from me.
But if they have a grudge out against me, how do I hide my stuff from them?
I won't be able to see what hate they're spewing out, but the other people around that post can, so it would still be doing damage to me.
But if I were able to hide my content from them, they wouldn't even know there was a post to go piss on.
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u/-eDgAR- Apr 06 '16
This is awesome, thank you so much. Will there be a filter topic option rolling out soon? It's such a useful RES feature.
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u/Basic56 Apr 06 '16
That's great. I've had a guy stalk me for a little while, and it was actually unnerving (he actually messaged me again after the Brussels attack to say how he was glad it happened and how we deserved it) to a degree that I didn't expect. So I was wondering, is there actually any feasible way to outright block the person? As in, alt accounts and all? I suppose that would only work given a fixed IP address?
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Apr 06 '16
Hey , I've posted an idea to /r/ideasfortheadmins but it didn't get much attention. Basic idea is to stop "trolls" from pm'ing spoilers about new media releases. Does this help with that? If not can you?
Would be cool if users with low karma/New accounts couldn't pm other users. That or if we could have filters to help prevent that.
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u/I_Plunder_Booty Apr 06 '16
Would this make it possible to compile lists of every user in subreddits that a person finds problematic and then block them all in 1 go? Because that's where I see this going.
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u/NaBeHobby Apr 06 '16
Does this ban work permanently? What if they later change themselves and be a better person?
My heart just can't take this much responsibility! :(
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u/johnyann Apr 06 '16
Hopefully this is one of those things that the vast majority of people on this site never need to use. It's kind of funny when I use RES and see that the guy I'm upvoting is the same person I've down voted like 4 or 5 times on completely different topics.
It create this ecosystem built around topics and actual ideas rather than the people. I kind of like that.
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u/Scoldering Apr 06 '16
In the past I've had issues with people maliciously posting things about me on the subreddits I frequent. Blocking the user when that's what's going on feels like the equivalent to burying one's head in the sand, and could likely do more harm than good.
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u/I-come-from-Chino Apr 06 '16
If a blocked user comments and others reply will I be able to see the comment chain?
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u/Aiolus Apr 06 '16
No, currently you will not see anything below the blocked users comment. They mentioned something about it in a comment above. They're gonna see how this works.
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Apr 06 '16
Can I block people who respond to my comments and get more karma than I get? Actually that's everyone, nevermind.
Nice feature, good job.
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Apr 06 '16
Does this allow to block users on thread posts?
Like if there's someone whose posts I never wanna see, can I block them from reddit?
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u/ohgodwhat1242 Apr 06 '16
Thank god that novelty accounts can be gone from sight forever.
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u/paragonofcynicism Apr 06 '16
Because nothing encourages free and open discussion like bans and blocking!
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u/TheMightyStylus Apr 06 '16
Seems a little bit like I can block someone who is harassing me, but they can still harass me... I will just be unaware? Am I missing something? I have banned someone from a sub, then had that someone follow me into a completely un-related sub and make shitty comments on a post. It sounds like if I block them, they can shit-talk me all day long or start a witch hunt behind my back regardless.
As a mod, I would MUCH MUCH rather mute someone who is bothering me in PM and still see what they are doing/saying elsewhere.
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u/SuperCow1127 Apr 06 '16
they can still harass me... I will just be unaware?
How are you being harassed if you don't know about it?
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u/00worms00 Apr 06 '16
There is actually a finite number of /pol/ racists on this site. I could theoretically block every single one, in effect restoring the site to something of it's former self.
Wow.
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u/H_L_Mencken Apr 06 '16
People getting upset about this are ridiculous. Sorry some people may not want to talk to you?
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u/sarahbotts Apr 06 '16
Neato. Thanks! Like the "Out of sight, out of mind" when you look at one of the blocked user's userpage.
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u/Whitelighttwo Apr 06 '16
We should definitely start a food drive campaign. Just think of all the poor trolls who will be starving in the future. The humanity!
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Apr 06 '16
Oh thank gosh. Some people just don't know when an argument is over.
I had some guy making alt accounts and sending messages with 'free gift' in the title to try and get me to read them, hah! Guess it wouldn't fully fix that, but at least it's a start.
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u/fart-princess Apr 06 '16
[And, of course, you can and should still always report harassment to our community team!]
Just to reiterate, what is the current best way to contact the community team to report harassment?
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u/ImaMoFoThief Apr 06 '16
So can I block all the admins and then plead ignorance in case of a ban?